- heavy metal, progressive metal
- 48 min
- 8 tracks
- Enigma
Awaken the Guardian is the third studio album by American progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in 1986 through Metal Blade Records. The album was the band and their label's first to enter the U.S. Billboard 200, reaching No. 191 and remaining on the chart for four weeks. It is also the first Fates Warning album to feature guitarist Frank Aresti and the last with original singer John Arch, who was replaced by Ray Alder on their subsequent 1988 album No Exit.
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Character
Grave, earnest, classical in form and spare.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
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Tracks
- A1The Sorceress5:42
- A2Valley of the Dolls5:22
- A3Fata Morgana5:21
- A4Guardian7:31
- B1Prelude to Ruin7:21
- B2Giant’s Lore (Heart of Winter)6:00
- B3Time Long Past1:40
- B4Exodus8:35
8 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Fates Warning
- Label
- Enigma
- Released
- 1986
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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